well, i've got even MORE questions on betta's....

[steppy104]

oooh...turquise would be REAL nice lookin

 

[endparenthesis]

I think greens and blues could be a great place to start. Check out the chart here: http/www.bettysplendens.com/articles/page.asp?articleid=97

 

[steppy104]

ugh....the place that we were possibly planning on ordering betta's from doesn't get choice of color...they get a so many per order, and hopefully, some of them will look nice. aren't sure about females.

 

[Carolinesugar]

hiya, just read all of the replies and ur orginal Qs.

now, i dont know a great deal about bettas, but i have had females, and am now having problems finding a pair of females to set up home with my male, but not to have babies, just to live with him.

you mensioned that u have a female who thinks she is a male ? flaring her fins, building bubble nests, fighting the other males. i beleive this to be a short finned male. these are almost like transgender ppl, their rare, but often very convincing. so dont be to alarmed, as it easy to mistake the two.

as a pose to everything else you asked and ppl have told you, if you are only breeding for fun, then i would go with woteva colours and tail styles you like. - whats the worst that could happen ? personally, i love the odd sods, the 1s that some ppl hate, cus their just odd, and arent "special" enough, cus they are all bettas, they all need love, and they all need homes. but i have a very soft spot for bettas, who live in a shop who know nothing about how to look after them, and let other fish nip at their fins, its just cruel!!!

i hope you manage to find a great pair to bred from, and keep us all updated with the news on how you are doing, and what you have decided.

 

[LynX]

fighting a bubble nest building doesnt allways mean they could be a male, my female tore the crap out of one of my males and sometimes she blows a few bubbles.. but only to show shes happy

 

[steppy104]

ya...i showed a pic, and i think it was jac that said that she was a girl for sure. i FINALLY found the white dot....but i still can't convince her she's a girl. aw well....

 

[LynX]

umm every gene is either domminant or recesive, eg. red is dominant, something like white isnt

o and im not sure wat sort of blue mine is, does any1 have a pic so i can compair?

 

[steppy104]

ok, so all in all, what would everyone say is the most attractive, and good to breed for first time betta? i'm DEFINATLY going to get crowntails...so what i need to know, is what color do i want to look for, and what do i want to make sure not to get? could someone sum it all up in a sentence or two?

 

[LynX]

well if u can get an albino one that would be awesome cause their the rarest, otherwise i think blue is a really good color to start with, does any1 alse have an oppinion?

 

[jacblades]

umm every gene is either domminant or recesive

so what trait does a green eyed person have?... i will give you a hint-incomplete dominance!

 

[LynX]

yes.... green eyed, ok... anyways back to fish wat ever you do try not to get a pure black female because i read that most of them are infertile because of the melanores or wat nots lol

 

[MerryCat]

Since you're only breeding for fun at this stage, I'd say get whatever color you like best, and try for that. If you want to try the red and bluu thing, there's no reason you shouldn't. The resulting bettas may not be show quality, but I'm sure the petstore will take them gladly, and so will friends. Shop around take some time, and wait till you see a pair whose color or patterns you really like.

 

[LynX]

yes and remember, dont get a black female, she will be infertile

ps. black males are fine

 

[steppy104]

ya...i've read up on the hole black male/female thing. i wonder why it's like that for females?

 

[LynX]

i think its something to do with their eggs being affected by the melenores or something. but fish who are blue with a shade of black are fine, its only the females who are a heavy black, its a pitty too, cause blacks a nice color. thats why u gotta fined a good color too breed with, like a recesive color, like on this website http/www.bettas-jimsonnier.com/genetics.htm it says that if u breed black with a multicolored betta 50% will be black 50% will be multicolor, simple because multicolor is a recesive gene and basicaly any color can produce 50% multicolor and 50% the color u want to breed with,

btw have u decided wat color ur going to use?